By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on January 4, 2019 • Updated on January 9, 2019 at 9:29 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on January 4, 2019 • Updated on January 9, 2019 at 9:29 pm
Welcome to 2019! I know. You’re not ready. So let’s take it slooooow. Let’s take a trip back to 1919. What was it like to live in Hawaii 100 years ago?
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Bob Sigall on December 28, 2018 • Updated on December 28, 2018 at 12:29 am
Bob Sigall Posted on December 28, 2018 • Updated on December 28, 2018 at 12:29 am
Every year at this time I review my Rearview Mirror columns from the past 12 months and award those men and women who have made outstanding contributions to the islands in their lifetimes.
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By Bob Sigall on December 21, 2018 • Updated on December 20, 2018 at 11:11 pm
By Bob Sigall Posted on December 21, 2018 • Updated on December 20, 2018 at 11:11 pm
Writing this column is always a process of discovery for me. I look into something and, to my delight, often learn many things I didn’t know before.
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By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on December 14, 2018 • Updated on December 13, 2018 at 11:21 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on December 14, 2018 • Updated on December 13, 2018 at 11:21 pm
Each year at this time, I look back at my last 12 months of columns for some of the things I learned in the year. Rearview Mirror is often a process of discovery for me, as well as my readers. In December I like to review the year and some of my favorite stories.
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By Bob Sigall on November 23, 2018 • Updated on November 22, 2018 at 10:15 pm
By Bob Sigall Posted on November 23, 2018 • Updated on November 22, 2018 at 10:15 pm
I’m approaching my 400th Rearview Mirror column (Dec. 7). The columns that have gotten the most comments and emails have been about restaurants and drive-ins that were open when many of my readers were teenagers. Here are some of the latest stories I’ve received about those.
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By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on November 16, 2018 • Updated on November 16, 2018 at 1:17 am
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on November 16, 2018 • Updated on November 16, 2018 at 1:17 am
Classmates at Saint Louis School remain close all their lives after graduating. One reason for that might be that they have their own clubhouse in Moiliili.
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By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on November 9, 2018 • Updated on November 9, 2018 at 12:51 am
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on November 9, 2018 • Updated on November 9, 2018 at 12:51 am
The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I is Sunday. The impact of this “Great War”— as it was called at the time — in Hawaii was quite different from the Second World War.
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By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on October 26, 2018
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on October 26, 2018
New Police Chief Susan Ballard spoke to my Honolulu Rotary club recently. She said she owed her position to a trail- blazing woman at the Honolulu Police Department named Lucile Abreu.
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By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on October 5, 2018 • Updated on October 4, 2018 at 10:18 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on October 5, 2018 • Updated on October 4, 2018 at 10:18 pm
Three years ago, I wrote about company names that have an association with songs, movies and TV shows, such as the Yum Yum Tree, Rosie’s Cantina, Sweet Leilani and Blue Hawaii.
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By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on September 28, 2018 • Updated on September 27, 2018 at 10:05 pm
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on September 28, 2018 • Updated on September 27, 2018 at 10:05 pm
Each week, I receive lots of questions or suggestions from readers. They had some interesting ideas recently, and I’ll write about them today.
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By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser on September 21, 2018 • Updated on September 21, 2018 at 1:09 am
By Bob Sigall, Special to the Star-Advertiser Posted on September 21, 2018 • Updated on September 21, 2018 at 1:09 am
I received several interesting comments from readers regarding my columns about the movies “In Harm’s Way” (Aug. 10) and “The Descendants” (Sept. 7).
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